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1. A vision for the betterment of the world
1. Follow-Up
1. Opening Paragraphs 28.12.2010
1. Opening Paragraphs 29.12.2015
2. A programme of growth
2. Distance traversed
2. Follow-Up
2. The emergence of a programme of growth
2010 28 December
2015 29 December
2020 25 November
2021 1 December
2021 25 November
2021 27 November
2021 Riḍván
2022 1 January
2022 4 January
23 / 04 / 19 / 22:39 /
3 January 2022
3. Building vibrant communities
3. Increasing intensity
3. Strengthening the pattern of action
30 December 2021
30dec2021
4. Advancing the frontiers of learning
4. Embracing large numbers and managing complexity
4. The importance of education
5. Contributing to social transformation
5. Enhancing administrative capacity
5. Releasing the potential of the youth
6. Enhancing institutional capacity
6. Service on Bahá’í institutions
7. A period of special potency
7. Dearly loved friends: As you well know, we take great pleasure...
8. Apart from the spiritual requisites of a sanctified Bahá’í life...
9YR22 93
A community is of course more than the sum of its...
A greater involvement in the life of society, individually and collectively,...
A historic mission
A House of Worship is, of course, an integral part...
A natural outcome of the rise both in resources and in...
A perusal of some of the words of Bahá’u’lláh and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá...
A small community, whose members are united by their shared beliefs,...
A wider horizon is opening before us, illumined by a growing...
Acceptance of the teachings of Bahá’u’lláh carries with it the commitment...
Addressing the nations, the Ancient Beauty ordaineth...
Agriculture
Aid and Assistance
All blessings are divine in origin, but none can be...
All created things have their degree, or stage, of maturity. The period...
All majesty and glory, O my God, and all dominion...
All men have been called into being for the betterment of the world...
All men have been created to carry forward an ever-advancing civilization.
All praise, O my God, be to Thee Who art the Source...
All the heavenly Books, divine Prophets, sages and philosophers agree...
All the sciences, branches of learning, arts, inventions, institutions, ...
Although to outward seeming the Mashriqu’l-Adhkár is...
America
Among the results of the manifestation of spiritual forces...
Among the sacred obligations devolving upon the Spiritual...
An obvious example arises in discussions of the process...
And among the teachings of Bahá’u’lláh is the promotion....
And if, as you pass by fields and plantations, where the plants,...
And now, in gratitude for the assistance, confirmation, protection...
And the honor and distinction of the individual consist in this...
Another essential requirement is the expediting of the tasks of transcribing,...
Arts, Media, and Technology
As noted in the Riḍván message, social change is not a project that one...
As the place from which spiritual forces are to radiate, the Mashriqu’l...
As the work of community building intensifies, the friends...
As we view the world around us, we are compelled to observe...
As you are aware, often in a rural cluster made up of...
As you can see, all these developments relate directly to the teaching work...
As you know from your study of the Bahá’í writings, the principle...
As you know, technological advancement is integral...
As you know, the attention of the Bahá’í world has been, and will continue...
Aṣl-i-Kullu’l-Khayr
Assistants
Assistants to Auxiliary Board Members
At the heart of such an approach lies the question of capacity building. ...
At the outset of every endeavour, it is incumbent to look...
Auxiliary Board Members
Bahá’í marriage is union and cordial affection...
Bahá’ís are not required to vote on an Assembly against their...
Bahá’u’lláh has announced that inasmuch as ignorance...
Bahá’u’lláh has given the promise that in every Assembly where...
Be Thou a shelter for this poor child
Bestow upon me a pure heart
Blessed is he who in the days of God will engage...
Budgets, Subvention Funds and Properties
But before the majority of the Assembly comes to a decision, ...
Capacity Building, Participation, and Organic Growth
Central to the effort to advance the work of expansion...
Charity, however, does not necessarily imply a project...
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Children
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Close investigation will show that the primary cause...
Coherence Between the Material and Spiritual Dimensions of Existence
Collaboration with National Spiritual Assemblies
Collective Maturity and an Ever-Advancing Civilization
Commerce, agriculture and industry should not, in truth,...
Community Development and the Movement of Populations
Compositions
Concepts and principles associated with Bahá’í consultation...
Conference follow-ups
Conferences
Consultation
Consultation and Collaboration
Contents
Continental Counsellors
Contributing to social transformation
Coordination and the Provision of Resources
Create in me a pure heart, O my God,...
Departed
Designated as “Spiritual Assemblies”—an appellation...
Detachment
Discoveries
Discussions must all be confined to spiritual matters that pertain...
Dispel my grief by Thy bounty and Thy generosity...
Documents
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Draft of '30 December 2021'
Draft of 'midnight: O Lord, I have turned my face unto Thy kingdom...'
During the ministries of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá and Shoghi Effendi,...
Duties of the Continental Counsellors and Their Auxiliaries
Economics
Educate these children.
Education
Education is a vast field, and educational theories abound....
Educational endeavours and the training institute
Elections and Conventions
Erelong shall We bring into being through thee exponents...
Establish schools that are well organized, and promote...
Evening
Every age hath its own problem, and every soul its particular aspiration...
Exert every effort in the fields of development and of civilization...
Exert every effort to acquire the various branches...
expanding nucleus
Expectant Mothers: My Lord! My Lord! I praise Thee...
Families
Firmness in the Covenant
For Canada
For Infants
For Infants: Thou art He, O my God, through Whose...
For man two wings are necessary. One wing is physical power...
For the Central States
For the Northeastern States
For the Southern States
For the United States and Canada
For the Western States
For Women
For Women: Glory be to Thee, O Lord my God!...
Forgiveness
Formulation and Implementation of Plans
From the beginning of His stupendous mission, Bahá’u’lláh urged...
From the sweet-scented streams of Thine eternity...
From the Tablets of the Divine Plan
From this landscape of thriving activity, one prospect...
Fund
Fundamentally, a great share of the Bahá’í community’s efforts...
Gatherings
General Prayers for the Departed
Generally speaking, Bahá’í development projects begin...
GettingStarted
Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Every man of insight...
Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Every time I venture...
Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I beseech Thee by Him...
Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I beseech Thee...
Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I give Thee thanks...
Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I implore Thee...
Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I yield Thee thanks for...
Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Thou art He...
Glorified art Thou, O my God! I yield Thee thanks...
Glorified be Thy name, O Lord my God! I beseech Thee...
Glory be to Thee, O God! Thou art the God Who hath existed...
Glory be to Thee, O King of eternity, ...
Glory be to Thee, O King of eternity, and the Maker...
Glory be to Thee, O Lord my God! Abase not him...
Glory be to Thee, O Lord my God! I implore Thee...
Glory be to Thee, O Lord my God! Make manifest...
Glory be to Thee, O my God! My face hath been set towards...
Glory be to Thee, O my God! Thou hearest Thine ardent...
Glory be unto Thee, O God. How can I make mention...
Glory be unto Thee, O Lord my God! I beg Thee...
Glory be unto Thee, O Lord of the world and Desire...
Glory be unto Thee, O Lord, Thou Who hast brought...
Glory be unto Thee, O my God! Verily, this Thy servant...
Glory to Thee, O my God! But for the tribulations...
Glory to Thee, O my God! One of Thy handmaidens...
God has endowed man with intelligence and reason whereby he is required...
God has given us eyes, that we may look about us at the world, and lay hold...
God, the True One, beareth Me witness, and every atom in existence...
Good behaviour and high moral character must come first, for unless...
guard their children from disease.
Guide and counsel at all times the friends of God, one and all, to be occupied...
guide me, protect me
Happiness and Teaching
He … pointed out to them that the attitude of “all for...
He has also received the article you wrote for “The Bahá’í...
He has noted with keen interest the plan you have conceived...
He is God, exalted is He, the Lord of loving-kindness...
He is God! O Lord, my God, my Well-Beloved!...
He is God! O God, my God! These are servants...
He is God! O peerless Lord! In Thine almighty wisdom...
He is the Bestower, the Bounteous! Praise be to God, the Ancient...
He is the Compassionate, the All-Bountiful!...
He is the Gracious, the All-Bountiful! O God, my God!...
He is the Mighty, the Pardoner, the Compassionate! ...
He is the prayer-hearing, prayer-answering God!...
Healing
Healing through purely spiritual forces is undoubtedly...
Health
Historical Perspective
Hold ye fast unto the cord of material means, placing your...
How can I choose to sleep, O God, my God, when the eyes...
Humanity
Humanity’s crying need will not be met by a struggle among competing...
I adjure Thee by Thy might, O my God! Let no harm beset me...
I am a child of tender years.
I am a child; enable me to grow
I am aware, O Lord, that my trespasses have covered...
I am he, O my Lord, that hath set his face towards Thee...
I beg Thee to forgive me, O my Lord, for every mention...
I beg Thy forgiveness, O my God, and implore pardon...
I beseech Thee, O my God, by all the transcendent glory...
I give praise to Thee, O my God, that the fragrance of Thy...
I give praise to Thee, O my God, that Thou hast awakened me...
I have risen this morning by Thy grace, O my God, and left...
I have wakened in Thy shelter, O my God, and it becometh...
I know not, O my God, what the Fire is which...
I magnify Thy Name, O my God, and offer thanksgiving...
I. Establishment and Station
If learning is to be the primary mode of operation...
If the health and well-being of the body be expended...
If we but turn our gaze to the high qualifications of...
If ye travel the countries of the globe ye shall observe on one side...
II. Membership—Qualifications and Election
III. Taking Counsel Together—Functions
Imbued with this excellence and a corresponding humility, ...
In a living organism the full measure of its development is not known...
In all the prophetic Dispensations, philanthropic affairs were confined...
In His Name, the Exalted, the All-Highest, the Most Sublime!...
In its early stages, the systematic effort to reach out to a population
In its Riḍván 2008 message, the House of Justice observed that, as the work...
In many ways, the communities that have progressed...
In our Riḍván 2008 message... labour at the level of the cluster...
In recent years it has become evident that in communities...
In short, whatsoever thing is arranged in harmony and with love...
In some of the clusters where growth has advanced...
in the bosom of Thy love
In the Name of God, the Lord of overpowering majesty...
In the Name of God, the Most High! Lauded and glorified...
In the Name of thy Lord, the Creator, the Sovereign...
In their reflections on how to contribute to the betterment of the world,...
In this day it is incumbent upon everyone to serve the Cause...
In this day the choicest fruit of the tree of knowledge is that which serveth...
In this new and wondrous Age, the unshakable foundation...
In this new and wondrous Cause, the advancement...
Inseparable from the Bahá’í perspective on politics is a particular conception...
Institution of the Counsellors
Interactions with National, Regional and Local Administrative Bodies
International and Continental Counsellors and the Auxiliary Boards
Introducing Development
Introduction
Involvement with Institutes
Is there any Remover of difficulties save God?...
It behoveth the loved ones of God to occupy themselves under all...
It followeth that the children’s school must be a place...
It is clear that learning is the greatest bestowal of God; that knowledge and...
It is even as the seed: The tree exists within it but is hidden and concealed;...
It is incumbent upon them to take counsel together and to...
It is not merely material well-being that people need. What they...
It is permissible to study sciences and arts, but such sciences...
It is therefore urgent that beneficial articles and books...
It is to be expected that a desire to undertake social action...
It is useful to bear in mind that the Internet is a reflection...
It is with such thoughts in mind that Bahá’ís enter into collaboration,...
IV. Attendance and Resignation
Journal
Knowledge is as wings to man’s life, and a ladder for his ascent. ...
Knowledge is one of the wondrous gifts of God. It is incumbent upon...
Lauded and glorified art Thou, O my God! I entreat Thee...
Lauded be Thy Name, O Lord our God!
Lauded be Thy Name, O Lord my God! I am Thy servant...
Lauded be Thy name, O Lord my God! I entreat Thee...
Lauded be Thy name, O my God and the God of all things...
Lauded be Thy name, O my God! I entreat Thee...
Learning and Systematic Action
Learning from the most advanced clusters
Let them also study whatever will nurture the health...
Let there be no mistake. The principle of the Oneness of Mankind...
Let us also remember that at the very root of the Cause...
Let us recall His explicit and often repeated assurances...
Let whosoever travels to different parts
Local Spiritual Assembly
Lord! Pitiful are we, grant us Thy favor...
Magnified be Thy name, O Lord my God! Behold Thou...
Magnified be Thy name, O Lord my God! Thou art He...
Magnified be Thy name, O my God, for that Thou hast...
Make every effort to acquire the advanced knowledge of the day, and strain...
Make firm our steps, O Lord, in Thy path ...
Make these children excellent plants
Make this little maidservant
Make ye every effort to improve the Tarbíyat School...
Make ye then a mighty effort, that the purity and sanctity...
Man is the supreme Talisman. Lack of a proper education...
Man must consult on all matters, whether major or minor,...
Many a chilled heart, O my God, hath been set ablaze...
markup
Marriage
Material civilization is like unto the lamp, while spiritual civilization is...
Meeting Notes
Methods and Approaches
Midnight: O Lord, I have turned my face unto Thy kingdom...
Mode of Interaction
Morning
My God, my Adored One, my King...
My God, Whom I worship and adore! I bear witness unto Thy unity...
mystyles
Nearness to God
New Tiddler
Nineteen Day Feast
No matter how far the material world advances, it cannot establish...
No matter how much the world of humanity advances in material civilization...
Now is not the time for the friends to seek to establish...
Numerous, of course, are the questions that the process...
O compassionate God! Thanks be to Thee for Thou hast...
O Divine Providence! This assemblage is composed...
O God our Lord! Protect us through Thy grace...
O God, and the God of all Names, and Maker of the heavens!...
O God, my God, my Beloved, my heart’s Desire.
O God, my God! Aid Thou Thy trusted servants...
O God, my God! Fill up for me the cup of detachment...
O God, my God! I beg of Thee by the ocean of Thy healing...
O God, my God! I have set out from my home...
O God, my God! I have turned in repentance unto Thee...
O God, my God! Praise be unto Thee for kindling...
O God, my God! Shield Thy trusted servants from the evils...
O God, my God! These are Thy feeble servants...
O God, my God! This is Thy radiant servant, Thy spiritual...
O God, my God! This Thy handmaid is calling upon Thee...
O God, my God! Thou art my Hope and my Beloved...
O God, my God! Thou beholdest this weak one...
O God, my God! Thou seest how black darkness...
O God, O Thou Who hast cast Thy splendor over the luminous...
O God, Who art the Author of all Manifestations...
O handmaiden of the Most High! Thy letter was received. ...
O Lord my God! Assist Thy loved ones to be firm...
O Lord, my God and my Haven in my distress! My Shield...
O Lord, O Thou Whose mercy hath encompassed...
O Lord! Enable all the peoples of the earth...
O Lord! In this Most Great Dispensation Thou dost accept...
O Lord! Make this youth radiant, and confer Thy bounty...
O Lord! Provide for the speedy growth of the Tree...
O Lord! Render victorious Thy forbearing servants...
O Lord! Thou art the Remover of every anguish...
O Lord! Unto Thee I repair for refuge, and toward all...
O my God and my Master! I am Thy servant and the son...
O my God, aid Thou Thy servant to raise up...
O my God, my Lord and my Master
O my God, my Master, the Goal of my desire!...
O my God, O Forgiver of sins and Dispeller...
O my God, the God of bounty and mercy! Thou art that King
O my God! O my God! Glory be unto Thee for that Thou hast...
O my God! O my God! This, Thy servant, hath advanced...
O my God! O my God! Unite the hearts of Thy servants...
O my God! O my God! Verily, I invoke Thee and supplicate...
O my God! O my God! Verily, these servants are turning...
O my God! O my God! Verily, Thy servant, humble...
O my God! O Thou forgiver of sins, bestower of gifts...
O my God! There is no one but Thee to allay the anguish...
O my Lord and my Hope! Help Thou Thy loved ones...
O my Lord, my Beloved, my Desire! Befriend me...
O my Lord, O my Lord! These two bright orbs are wedded in Thy love,...
O my Lord! Make Thy beauty to be my food...
O my Lord! O my Lord! This is a lamp lighted by the fire...
O my Lord! Thou knowest that the people are encircled...
O My Servants! Ye are the trees of My garden; ye must give...
O my spiritual friends! Among the greatest means of...
O namesake of the Chaste One! The sea of bounty hath surged so high...
O people of God! Give ear unto that which, if heeded, will ensure...
O people of God! Give ear unto that which, if heeded,...
O people of the world! Build ye houses of worship...
O servant of God! To ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, homelessness is home...
O Thou compassionate Lord, Thou Who art generous and able!...
O Thou forgiving God! These servants are turning...
O Thou forgiving Lord! Although some souls have spent...
O Thou forgiving Lord! Thou art the shelter of all...
O Thou incomparable God! O Thou Lord...
O Thou kind and loving Providence! The east is astir...
O Thou kind Lord! Bestow heavenly confirmation upon this daughter...
O Thou kind Lord! From the horizon of detachment Thou hast...
O Thou kind Lord! Graciously bestow a pair of heavenly wings...
O Thou kind Lord! O Thou Who art generous and merciful!...
O Thou kind Lord! These are Thy servants who have gathered...
O Thou Kind Lord! This dearly cherished...
O Thou kind Lord! Thou hast created all humanity...
O Thou kind Lord! We are servants...
O Thou loving Provider! These souls have hearkened...
O Thou merciful God! O Thou Who art mighty and powerful!...
O Thou Provider! Thou hast breathed over the friends...
O Thou Whose face is the object of my...
O Thou Whose face is the object of the adoration...
O Thou Whose nearness is my wish, Whose presence...
O Thou Whose tests are a healing medicine...
O Thou, at Whose dreadful majesty all things have trembled...
O Thou, my God, Who guidest the seeker to the pathway...
O well-wisher of the world of humanity! Praised be God that thine...
O ye beloved of God! Know ye, verily, that the happiness of mankind...
Observe carefully how education and the arts of civilization...
Observe for instance that in other countries they persevered...
Of the principles enshrined in these Tablets the most vital of them all...
Once in session, it behoveth them to converse, on behalf of God’s servants...
Once in session, it behoveth them to converse, on behalf...
One must therefore enact such laws and regulations as will...
One of Bahá’u’lláh’s teachings is the adjustment of means...
One of the basic principles governing Bahá’í social...
One of the critical aspects of a conceptual framework that will require...
One of the friends hath sent us a letter regarding the school...
One of the most significant developments that mark...
One of your primary concerns will be to strengthen...
Oneness and Justice
Opening Paragraphs 30.12.2021
Ordain for me, O my Lord, and for those who believe in Thee...
Passages bearing on:
Penetrating, indeed, is Shoghi Effendi’s depiction of the process...
Praise and glory be to Thee, O Lord my God! This is a choice sapling...
Praise and Gratitude
Praise be to Thee, O Lord my God! I implore Thee...
Praise be to Thee, O Lord my God! Thou seest and knowest...
Praise be to Thee, O Lord, my Best Beloved! Make me...
Praise be to Thee, O my God! These are Thy servants...
Praise be unto Thee, O Lord. Forgive us our sins, have mercy...
Praise be unto Thee, O my God! I am one of Thy servants...
Praised and glorified art Thou, O God! Grant that the day...
Praised be Thou, O Lord my God! Every time I attempt...
Praised be Thou, O Lord my God! I implore Thee...
Praised be Thou, O Lord my God! This is Thy servant...
Prayer for the Dead
Prayers
programme of growth
Promote ye the development of the cities of God and His countries...
Protection
Protection of the Cause
Raising capacity for administration at all levels
Regarding your questions concerning the Bahá’í attitude...
Religion is verily the chief instrument for the establishment of order...
Remove not, O Lord, the festal board...
Say: God sufficeth all things above all things...
Say: Magnified be Thy Name, O Lord my God! I beseech...
Science is the first emanation from God toward man. All created beings...
Scientific knowledge is the highest attainment upon the human plane...
Selected Themes Pertaining to Social and Economic Development
Service
Service on National, Regional and Local Administrative Bodies
Should these sublime teachings be diffused, mankind shall...
Since thy dear child is taking his examinations, my fervent...
Social Action
Social Action Compilation
Social justice will be attained only when every member...
Some of the creatures of existence can live solitary and alone. ...
Some Specific Aspects of the Functioning of the Institution
Spiritual Growth
Steadfastness
Strain every nerve to acquire both inner and outer perfections, for the fruit...
Strive as much as possible to become proficient in the science...
Suffer me not, O God, my God, to be kept back...
Suffer me, O my God, to draw nigh unto Thee...
Systematization ensures consistency of lines of action...
Tabs
teach
teaching
Teaching-General
Teaching-Tablets of the Divine Plan
Tests and Difficulties
That one indeed is a man who, today, dedicateth himself to the service...
That the Spiritual Assemblies of today will be...
The Ancient Beauty, exalted be His Most Great Name, states: ...
The Auxiliary Boards
The Bahá’í approach to the questions you have raised...
The believers must not take their eyes off their own immediate...
the breast of Thy loving-kindness
the breast of Thy tender mercy
The capacity of the institutions and agencies of the Faith...
The Concept of Social and Economic Development Enshrined in the Teachings
The Continental Boards of Counsellors
The Continental Fund
The crisis that exists in the world is not confined to the farmers....
The day will come when the Cause will spread like wildfire...
The education and training of children is among the most...
The Emergence of Social Action
The enormous energy dissipated and wasted on war, ...
The foundation of life and existence is cooperation and...
The friends must engage in the work of developing Persia...
The friends should therefore not feel discouraged...
The Fund
The fundamentals of the whole economic condition...
The future civilization envisaged by Bahá’u’lláh...
The Great Being saith: O well-beloved ones! The tabernacle...
The Great Being saith: The heaven of divine wisdom is illumined...
The Great Being saith: The learned of the day must direct the people...
The harder they strive to widen the scope of their knowledge, the better...
The ideologies now current in the world are extremely...
The Importance of the Arts in Promoting the Faith
The Individual and the Community
The Institution of the Counsellors
The International Teaching Centre
The light of men is Justice. Quench it not with the contrary winds...
The long ages of infancy and childhood, through which the human race...
THE LONG HEALING PRAYER
The Mashriqu’l-Adhkár is one of the most vital institutions...
The matter of Teaching, its direction, its ways and means, its extension...
The members of these Assemblies, on their part, must disregard...
The message... has clearly set out the concepts, defined...
The movement of clusters
The Nature of Bahá’í Social and Economic Development
The Nine Year Plan
The organized endeavors of the Bahá’í community in these areas...
The pattern of spiritual and social life taking shape in clusters...
The pledge of marriage
The present condition of the world—its economic...
The present social and economic problems that are facing the British people...
The primary, the most urgent requirement is the promotion...
The prime requisites for them that take counsel together are...
The principle of consultation, which constitutes one of the basic laws...
The progress of the world, the development of nations, the tranquillity...
The purpose of learning should be the promotion...
The question of economics must commence with the farmer...
The realities of things have been revealed in this radiant century,...
The relationship between teaching and social and economic...
The responsibilities of the members of the Spiritual...
The Role of Knowledge
The scientific and technological advances occurring...
The second attribute of perfection is justice and impartiality. ...
The second fundamental principle which enables us to understand...
The subjects to be taught in children’s schools are many,...
The supreme need of humanity is cooperation and reciprocity. ...
The term “politics” can have a broad meaning, and therefore...
the twigs of the tree of life
The unity of the human race, as envisaged by Bahá’u’lláh, ...
The Universal House of Justice
The Universal House of Justice has received your letter …
The vision of Bahá’u’lláh challenges many of the assumptions...
The welfare of any segment of humanity is inextricably...
The world of politics is like the world of man; he is seed at first...
The worldwide Bahá’í community, as an organic whole, transcends...
Their Faith they conceive to be essentially non-political, supra-national...
There are certain pillars which have been established...
There are practically no technical teachings on economics...
There are two principles which the House of Justice feels are fundamental...
There are, at the present time, many villages in India,...
There is no doubt that modern technologies can be...
There is nothing that can better ensure the success of your efforts...
There is only one principle on which to conduct the work...
These local Spiritual Assemblies will have to be...
These lovely children
These projects include schools, literacy programmes, moral education...
These Spiritual Assemblies are aided by the...
This evolution in collective consciousness is discernable...
This is a child
This last world war together with the treaty of peace and its consequences...
This school is one of the vital and essential institutions...
This servant appealeth to every diligent and enterprising soul to exert...
Thou hadst made reference in thy letter to agriculture....
Thou hast asked about material means and prayer. ...
Thou knowest full well, O my God, tribulations...
Thou knowest, O God, and art my witness that I have...
Thou seest me, O my God, bowed down in lowliness, ...
Thou seest me, O my Lord, with my face turned towards...
Thou seest, O my God, how the wrongs committed by such...
Thou seest, O my God, how Thy loved ones have been...
Thy name is my healing, O my God, and remembrance...
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To state the matter briefly, the Teachings of Bahá’u’lláh...
Triumph of the Cause
Unbridled nationalism, as distinguished from a sane and legitimate...
Underlying Concepts and Principles
Underlying the process even from the start is, of course,...
Unification of the whole of mankind is the hall-mark of the stage...
Unity
Unveiled and unconcealed, this Wronged One hath, at all times, proclaimed...
Utilizing Material Means
V. Assembly—Relation to Believers
Verily I am Thy servant, O my God, and Thy poor one...
VI. Believers—Relation to Assembly
VII. Prospects of the Future
Vouchsafe unto me, O my God, the full measure of Thy love...
We cannot segregate the human heart from the environment outside us...
We entreat God to deliver the light of equity and the sun of justice...
We hope that the beloved of God and the handmaids of the Merciful will...
We must now highly resolve to arise and lay hold of all those instrumentalities...
We prescribe unto all men that which will lead to...
Wealth is praiseworthy in the highest degree, if it is acquired...
What should be stated plainly here is that Bahá’ís do not believe...
Whatever is written should not transgress the bounds...
When the Bahá’í community in a village is a significant...
While expansion and consolidation have steadily progressed...
Whilst in the Prison of ‘Akká, We revealed in the Crimson...
Whoever sets out on a teaching journey...
With reference to your next question concerning the...
With regard to the … magazine, … he suggests that more...
With regard to the harmony of science and religion, the Writings...
With regard to your question concerning the Bahá’í attitude...
With regard to your wish for reorganizing your business...
Women
Would the extension of education, the development...
You had asked about poverty and wealth, and the toil...
You have asked him for detailed information concerning...
You may be pleased to learn that information on AIDS...
You will no doubt be familiar with... “certain fundamental concepts”...
Your letter hath come and hath occasioned the utmost joy, ...
Your letter was eloquent, its contents original and sensitively...
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